Chair or stool.



R. L. HILEMAN. CHAIR 0R STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1910.

Patented Aug. `9, 191.0;`

y f-f/ VCL @mwa/Wo@ y ROBERT LOUIS HILEMAN, OF JONESBORO, ILLINOIS.

CHAIR OR STOOL.

Application filed .T anuary 10, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Serial No. 537,264.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT LOUIS- Hime- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jonesboro, in the county of Union and State ofIllinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Chairs orStools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in chairs, stools and the likefor vehicles or moving bodies.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterhaving an improved means for adjustably and yieldingly supporting theseat whereby the motion of the vehicle or other moving body will betaken up and prevented from reaching the occupant of the seat.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a stoolembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view; Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a similar view onthe line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention, I provide a supporting standcomprising a tubular standard l to the lower portion of which is secureda series of radially projecting supporting legs 2, and in the upperportion of which is formed a series of radially disposed vertical slots3. On the upper end of the standard l is a head 4 to which is secured aseries of radially projecting arms 5, the outer ends of which areconnected by an annular seat supporting frame or ring 6. Slidablyengaged with the bore of the standard 1 is an interiorly threaded seatsupporting socket 7 in which is adapted to be screwed a threaded seatsupporting post 8 on the upper end of which is secured the bottom 9. ofthe stool, chair or other form of seat. By means of the threaded post 8,the

bottom 9 of the stool or chair may be raised or lowered and supported atthe desired elevation above the upper end of the socket 7.

Arranged on the outer side of the socket 7 at diametrically oppositepoints are a series of eyes or fastening loops 10, to which areconnected the inner ends of radially projecting seat supporting springs11, the outer ends of which are secured to the annular frame or seatsupporting ring 6 by nuts 12 or other suit-able fastening devices.

In assembling the parts of the stool, the eyes l0 will project throughthe slots 3 in the tubular standard 1 and will move up and down in saidslots as the socket 7 is elevated or depressed. When the parts arearranged as herein shown and described, it will be readily seen thatwhen the seat is occupied that the weight of the occupant will besupported by the springs 1l which are connected with the seat supportingsocket 7 and the annular frame or ring 6. The seat when thus supportedwill be practically suspended by the springs and yieldingly supported bythe latter in all directions so that any movement or jarring of themoving body upon which the chair or stool is placed will be absorbed ortaken up and the occupant of the seat thus relieved from such jars ormovement.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofAconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as dened in theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a chair or stool,a tubular supporting standard having formed therein a series oflongitudinal slots, a seat supporting frame secured to and surroundingsaid standard, an anteriorly threaded tubular seat supporting socketslidably mounted in said stand- 1 ard, a, series of seat supportingsprings connected at their inner ends With said socket through the slotsin said standard and conneoted at their outer ends with said frame, athreaded seat supporting post adapted to be secured in said socket and aseat secured to the upper end of said post.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWoSubscribing Wit` nesses.

ROBERT LOUIS HILEMAN. Witnesses:

PHILIP I-I. BAKER, WILLIS I-I. HILEMAN.

